Bottle carrier



Jan. 28, 1958 D, G, RA S 2,821,328

BOTTLE CARRIER Filed Dec. 3, 1956 s Sheets-Sheet 1 ml 1mm II mill Jan; 28, 1958' 11 RAMSAY 2,821,328

1 BOTTLE CARRIER 4 Filed Dec. 3, 1956 3 SheetsSheet 5 United States Patent BOTTLE CARRIER Douglas Gilmour Ramsay, Weston, Ontario, Canada, assignor to Gair Company Canada Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a corporation of Canada Application December 3, 1956, Serial No. 625,935

Claims priority, application Canada December 10, 1955 3 Claims. (Cl. 220-113) This invention relates to an improved bottle carrier.

One of the major problems arising in the design of a satisfactory bottle carrier is that of combining the economic necessity of providing a bottle carrier which can readily be assembled from a one piece blank with the utilitarian necessity of providing a handle construction which is of adequate rigidity. This problem is particularly prominent in the case of a bottle carrier which is adapted to support one large bottle on each side of the handle section since the bottles which are being carried are relatively heavy and have centres of gravity which are spaced a substantial distance from the handle section. Furthermore, the rigidifying effect of the partitions of the type of carrier which holds a number of small bottles is absent.

The object of this invention is to provide a bottle carrier which can conveniently and rapidly be formed from a one piece blank and which has a handle construction of increased rigidity.

The manner in which the foregoing is achieved in accordance with this invention will be apparent from the detailed description which follows of the preferred embodiment of this invention and from the appended claims.

In the drawings which illustrate the preferred embodiment of this invention:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for making a bottle carrier in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a bottle carrier in accordance with this invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view similar to Figure 2 but regarded from another direction.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the base of the carton.

Referring now to the drawings the bottle carrier which is illustrated comprises end wall panels and 11. A side wall panel 12 is integrally connected to end wall panels 10 and 11 by fold lines 13 and 14. A side wall panel 15 is integrally connected to end wall panel 11 by fold line 16 and to a securing flap 17 by fold line 18. In the 355mm bled carton securing flap 17 is glued to the inner surface of the free edge of end wall 10. Side wall panels 12 and 15 have upwardly extending handle supporting portions 19 and 20 respectively which are arranged in the assembled carton to extend symmetrically one towards each side of the handle section.

The base of the bottle carrier is provided by flap 21 joined to end wall panel 10 by fold line 22, flap 23 joined to side wall panel 12 by fold line 24, flap 25 joined to end wall panel 11 by fold line 26 and flap 27 joined to side wall panel 15 by fold line 28. Flap 23 has a notch 29 for interlocking engagement with a corresponding notch 30 in flap 27. Flap 23 has a fold line 31 defining a triangularly shaped portion 32 the inner surface of which is glued to the outer surface of flap 21 in the assembled carton. Flap 25 has a generally diagonally extending fold line 33 defining a portion 34 which in the assembled bottle carrier is glued to the exterior surface of flap 27.

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The bottom sections thus provided are folded inwardly when the bottle carrier is collapsed.

The handle section is provided by a handle panel 35 connected to supporting portion 19 by fold line 36 and a similar handle panel 37 joined to supporting portion 20 by fold line 38. Handle panels 35 and 37 are provided with registering hand grip apertures 39 and 40 respectively. In the assembled carrier the inner surfaces of panels 35 and 37 are adhered together. A strengthening flap 41 is connected to handle panel 35 by fold line 42 and in the assembled carton is adhered to the inner surface of supporting portion 20. Similarly a strengthening flap 43 is connected to handle panel 37 by fold line 44 and is adhered, in the assembled carton, to the inner surface of supporting portion 19.

An auxiliary handle strengthening member is provided by a panel 45 the upper end of which is connected to handle panel 37 by fold line 46. Panel 45 is supplied with a marginal securing flap 47 which is separated from panel 45 by fold line 48. Flap 47 is adhered in the erected carrier to the interior of side wall 15. A locating strip 49 is connected to flap 47 and has a hinged connection at fold line 50 to the lower end of side panel 15. The out which in the blank defines the separation of panel 45 from locating strip 49 should be curved as shown to provide space for the movement of the bottom section when the carrier is collapsed.

In the erected carrier panel 45 is folded back upon handle panel 37 so that the lower portion of the inner face of handle panel 37 and the upper portion of the inner face of auxiliary panel 45 are in face to face relationship. The lower edge of the other handle panel 35 overlaps the upper edge of panel 45 so that panel 45 is interleaved between handle panels 35 and 37. This firmly secures the auxiliary panel 45 as an extension of the panels which provide the upper portion of the handle section. The downward extension thus provided has a general effect of strengthening and rigidifying the whole handle struct-ure. This occurs to a greater extent than would at first sight be apparent since in the case of conventionally designed bottles the widest portion of the bottles will be in horizontal alignment with panel 45 consequently the bottles themselves will limit the extent to which panel 45 can be twisted with respect to its connection through flap 47 to a side wall. The restraint thus exercised is conveyed to the whole of the remainder of the handle section due to the intimate manner in which the auxiliary panel 45 is connected to panels 35 and 37. A further function achieved by auxiliary panel 45 is that of providing a cushion between the bottles on opposite sides of the handle section to reduce breakage. The positioning of aux iliary panel 45 during the erection of the container is automatically achieved due to fold line 46 which locates the upper end of panel 45 in position and locating strip 49 which locates the lower end of panel 45.

I claim:

1. A bottle carrier comprising side Walls, end walls connected between said side walls, a bottom closure secured to said end and side walls, a pair of handle section panels disposed in face to face relationship to provide a part of the handle section, each of said handle section panels being integrally connected by a vertical fold line to a side wall and an auxiliary handle section integrally connected :at its upper end by a vertical fold line to one of said handle section panels, disposed as a downward extension of said handle panels and being addition-ally secured thereto, and means for securing a side edge of said auxiliary handle section to one of said side walls, said means for securing a side edge comprising a marginal flap for the auxiliary handle panel and a locating strip for the auxiliary handle panel extending between the marginal flap i dle panel by a cut curved to allow for inward pivoting of the bottom closure.

References Cited in the file of this patent from the portion of the blank providing the auxiliary han- 10 2,772,020

UNITED STATES PATENTS Arneson Mar. 6, 1951 Forrer Sept. 7, 1954 Arneson Sept. 6, 1955 Arneson Apr. 10, 1956 Kramer Nov. 27, 1956 

